The 5 Most Dangerous English Grammar Mistakes And How To Avoid Them

hi there I'm Drew Badger the world's number

one English Fluency Guide and in this

video we're going to cover five of the

most dangerous grammar mistakes that

both native and non-native English

speakers make the grammar points will

focus on in this video are incredibly

important because they are so common in

everyday situations whether people make

these five mistakes in their writing or

they're speaking they reduce the

credibility of the person making them

and when people see or hear these

mistakes they will wonder if you're

competent and prepared for a job even

native speakers will make some grammar

errors in there speaking and writing

from time to time but it's the hope that

with this video I can prevent you from

making these top five most dangerous one

number five who vs that now this is

often used when we're describing maybe a

person a place or thing and then we want

to give more information about that

person as an example i am a man who

likes soup i am a man who likes soup or

she is a woman who likes going to

restaurant

these are both examples where i'm using

who correctly and we're using who

because i'm talking about a person you

will hear native speakers say she's the

woman that likes to go to restaurants or

i'm a person that likes to do things in

a certain way and i'm using that

incorrectly here when you're talking

about a person you would use who and

when you're talking about a thing or a

place or an animal you would use that so

this is the cat that I got yesterday

this is the dog that I found on the

street this is the dog that I found on

the street he is the guy who likes to

exercise number for mayor and their

first of all these two have the same

pronunciation there there one is talking

about they are it's a contraction and

the second one is talking about their as

a possessive whenever you're using a

contraction and you want to know if

you're using it correctly just make the

full sentence they are on the hill where

they are playing with a kite

they are playing with a kite so they are

becomes their I'm contracting this

they're playing with the kite they're

playing with the kite now if i want to

talk about the possessive i can say

their car is very nice their car their

car

i'm talking about the possession of

something and in that case we would use

their their keep these in mind

especially for your writing because when

you're using them in conversations you

can't hear a difference between the two

words number three your your this is one

of those differences where we've got the

same sound for the word but just like

there and they're one of them is a

contraction of you are and the other is

a possessive and using the same

technique we use for the previous there

and they're all you have to do is see

what the sentences like if you're not

trying to contract it you are very happy

you are very happy becomes your very

happy you're very happy for your very

sad you're very sad but the possession

form is your is this your bag is this

your bag

we can't make this bigger and say is

this you are bag is this you are back it

doesn't make any sense

so when you try to expand it doesn't

work so you should use your is this your

bag is this your bag number to it and it

this is another tricky one for some

people because it's the opposite of what

you might expect as an example it is

very hot it is very hot so we're using

it is but if we want to contract that we

can make that it's very hot

it's very hot now in this sense we're

not using the possessive we're talking

about it so that the apostrophe is still

there but this is because we're

contracting the sense not because we're

making a possessive it's it the other

form is its when we are talking about

the possessive i could say the cat's

collar is very nice or I could say it's

collar is very nice i'm talking about

the possessive but I'm not contracting

anything so it becomes one word by

itself it it

this one is tricky but again when you're

trying to decide which one to use write

the full sentence out without any

contractions and see what happens and

number one I vs me this is really the

most dangerous thing that people can

make a mistake doing because it really

is a basic grammar point that everybody

should be understanding but so many

people even native speakers missing

Stan but i'll give you a really quick

way to check if you're using it properly

in your writing and that will help

develop your understanding for your

speaking as well whenever you have a

sentence where you're talking about two

people like he and I went to the store

he and I went to the store you're

talking about two people using yourself

as well if you eliminate the other

person how does the sentence sound so he

and I went to the store can become i

went to the store now that becomes a

correct sentence it's still correct

whether it's he and I or I by myself now

if I'm talking about that in the same

way if i say he and me went to the store

if I just remove the key then it becomes

me went to the store and we wouldn't use

that so this is a check you can use

about whether you should be using I or

me

my mother gave a box to my brother and I

now we can use the same rule and try it

again to see if i make sense in this

situation

my mother gave a box to I my mother gave

a box to I it doesn't really some right

so we would say my mother gave a box to

meet so going back to the original

sentence

my mother gave a box to my brother and

me if you're ever unsure about which to

use take out the other person or people

from the situation and see how the

sentence sounds to ensure you're using

all of these things correctly in your

conversations you have to begin using

them well in your writing so right now

in the comments section below this video

write a sentence for each one of these

grammar points and write it correctly

just go back and make sure that you're

using everything correctly by checking

the rules I've taught you in this video

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hesitation i look forward to seeing you

in English anyone calm and i'll see you

in the next video bye bye